Deep sleep and weird dreams

Now it's cooler at night I'm sleeping really deeply and having some bizarre dreams, even by my standards! The other night my cat Boris and I wandered all over Istanbul!

However I'm still waking up feeling tired and I'm wondering if it's because I'm catching up with proper sleep after being deprived of it since about May, or if I'm exhausted because of the intense dreaming?

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  • I seem to have had more dreams again recently and mine are often weird. Sometimes they include a snippet related to something I saw on TV. Sometimes I dream about things from years ago for no apparent reason. 

    One day this week I was particularly tired on waking up and that was when I dreamt a lot. I find that I am more tired when I wake up if I have been disturbed before I have had 4 hours deeper sleep. Maybe dreaming is a bit like a busy day of socializing. 

    I have also noticed recently that I get tired earlier and I presumed that this was due to less light. It is always harder to get up when it is dark too.

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  • I seem to have had more dreams again recently and mine are often weird. Sometimes they include a snippet related to something I saw on TV. Sometimes I dream about things from years ago for no apparent reason. 

    One day this week I was particularly tired on waking up and that was when I dreamt a lot. I find that I am more tired when I wake up if I have been disturbed before I have had 4 hours deeper sleep. Maybe dreaming is a bit like a busy day of socializing. 

    I have also noticed recently that I get tired earlier and I presumed that this was due to less light. It is always harder to get up when it is dark too.

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